False report charge against N. Brookfield lawyer is dismissed

EAST BROOKFIELD — A charge that a local lawyer falsely reported that his fiancee was kidnapped has been dismissed.

Brett Malofsky, 46, of 18 Arch St., North Brookfield, who has a law office in North Brookfield, was charged in July after Elaine Stella Ivanowski, 23, of Rutland, called him and said she was being kidnapped by one of their friends.

Mr. Malofsky allegedly reported the event to police.

The charge was dismissed Aug. 8 after Mr. Malofsky's lawyer filed a motion stating that his client did not have a show-cause hearing before the clerk magistrate.

The charge stemmed from an alleged incident that occurred July 3 when a Rutland police officer working a detail for the town fireworks, saw Ms. Ivanowski, a former exotic dancer, get out of a car and eventually spoke with her.

The officer wrote in a report that Ms. Ivanowski told her she had been kidnapped by the man in the car.

Mr. Malofsky said that he initially believed Ms. Ivanowski had been kidnapped but may have since changed his mind. The man who was driving the car left a message for a reporter saying he did not kidnap Ms. Iwanowski but was refusing to let her out of the car.